UOC (MP)https://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uochttps://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifRISUhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc16984https://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/75844/Fri, 17 May 2019 09:47:24 +0300Putin awards name-engraved watch to Crimean Metropolitan of UOC in CrimeaOn the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Metropolitan Lazar of Simferopol and Crimea of the UOC Moscow Patriarchate, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded him with a name-engraved watch. This was reported by the press service of the Simferopol and Crimean diocese, Krym.Realii reports.Religion and policyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/75640/Thu, 02 May 2019 11:18:46 +0300SBU inspects ROC-run company that supplies propaganda materials to UkraineThe General Directorate of the SBU, Ukraine's Intelligence Service, in Kyiv and the Kyiv region received temporary access to the files and documents of Sofrino (Russia) through the Customs checkpoint &ldquo;Specialized&rdquo; of the Kyiv City Customs of the State Fiscal ServiceReligion and policyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/scandals/75639/Thu, 02 May 2019 10:26:08 +0300Adherents of Moscow Patriarchate severely beat two elderly OCU believers in VolynAdherents of the Moscow Patriarchate violently beat two supporters of the transition to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, who guarded a church in the village of Chetvertnya, Manevytsi district of Volyn.Scandals, crimehttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/75627/Wed, 01 May 2019 09:36:57 +0300Metropolitan Onufriy and Volodymyr Zelensky discuss religious situation in UkraineOn April 30, Metropolitan Onufriy of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate met with Ukrainian president-elect Volodymyr Zelensky in the Metropolitan’s residence Feofania. This is reported by the Information and Education Department of the UOC-MP.Church-state relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/75608/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:10:20 +0300Patriarch Emeritus Filaret explains why transition of communities from UOC to OCU slows downPatriarch Emeritus Filaret noted that over 4 months after receipt of the Tomos on autocephaly, over 500 communities had switched to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.Church-state relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/75536/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 09:50:34 +0300OCU: No court can make Moscow Patriarchate a non-Moscow oneNo court decision will be able to conceal the fact that the Constitutional Court instituted proceedings on the name change of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is affiliated with Moscow.
This was stated by the deputy head of the Department of External Church Relations of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Archbishop Yevstratiy (Zorya).Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/legislation/75364/Tue, 09 Apr 2019 11:15:51 +0300Parubiy will appeal the court ruling on Speaker’s ‘unlawful approval’ of the bill to rename UOC-MPAt the beginning of the session, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy said that the District Administrative Court of Kyiv recognized as unlawful the actions of the Speaker of Parliament in connection with the adoption of the bill on the mandatory renaming of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. The site of the District Administrative Court of Kyiv and the Unified State Registry of Court Decisions do not currently have information on this decision.Legislationhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/75338/Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:58:51 +0300OCU responds to UOC-MP’s call to revoke TomosThe Orthodox Church of Ukraine commented on the statement of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate, adopted April 3 at the Synod, demanding to revoke the Tomos.
The text of the document is published on the official page of the OCU.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/75322/Fri, 05 Apr 2019 09:29:31 +0300Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers responds to UOC-MP call to revoke TomosThe Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has called to revoke the Tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in order to abolish the autocephaly of the OCU. Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kyrylenko posted it on Twitter, according to UNN.Church-state relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/75317/Thu, 04 Apr 2019 13:31:37 +0300Procedure for revoking Tomos is not there, says religious expertRenowned religious scholar Yuriy Chornomorets commented on the statement of the Synod of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate, in which the hierarchs demand that Constantinople revoke the Tomos.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/75314/Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:41:57 +0300UOC-MP continues to appeal to Constantinople to revokeTomosAccording to the statement, adopted on April 3 by the Holy Synod of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate, the actions of the Ecumenical Patriarchate have damaged Ukrainian Orthodoxy and Constantinople should revoke the Tomos.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc/75306/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:15:02 +0300UOC-MP Synod elects new bishopsThe Holy Synod of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate, held today in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, elected three new bishops. This is reported by the Information Department of the UOC-MP.UOC (MP)https://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/75295/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 10:25:11 +0300ROC advises UOC-MP clergymen to get deal with Zelenskiy the earliestRepresentatives of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine need to negotiate with the potential winner of the presidential elections in Ukraine, showman Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin said it in his telegram channel Orthodox Politics, according to the Obozrevatel.Religion and policyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/75286/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:16:15 +0300Moscow Patriarchate impedes free decision-making of communities, OCU Archbishop says at OSCE meetingDuring an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe meeting on April 1, Archbishop Yevstratiy (Zorya), an Orthodox Church of Ukraine representative at the European institutions, said that the Moscow Patriarchate is exerting informational and legal pressure to impede the free choice of denominations by Ukrainians. The hierarch wrote this on his Facebook page.Religion and policyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/75240/Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:06:30 +0300Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine: Russia wants to intervene in election through “Orthodox pilgrims”At the end of April, Russia plans to organize a pilgrimage of Orthodox Russians to Kyiv shrines, and, under the guise of pilgrims, it will send employees of special services and instigators. Espresso media outlet reported this referring to the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.Religion and policyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/75236/Thu, 28 Mar 2019 10:01:41 +0300OCU opponents do work paid for by Kremlin, religious expert comments on law suit against TomosOpponents of the Tomos of autocephaly to Ukraine are not so much willing to abolish the creation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, but to do the work Kremlin had paid them for. This was stated by the religious expert Dmytro Horevoy, live on Pryamyy TV Channel.Religion and policyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc/74913/Fri, 01 Mar 2019 09:46:52 +0300ROC collects personal data of Ukrainians and incites religious confrontation in Donetsk region, says region leaderThe Russian Orthodox Church is currently the only organization threatening inter-confessional peace and understanding within Ukrainian-controlled areas of Donetsk region. Head of the Donetsk Regional Military-Civilian Administration Oleksandr Kuts was reported by TSN as saying this.UOC (MP)https://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/74831/Sun, 24 Feb 2019 10:40:11 +0300Transition of parishes to OCU is artificially slowed down, - Andriy YurashDirector of the Department for Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine Andriy Yurash said this on Channel 5.Church-state relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/ocu/74824/Sat, 23 Feb 2019 08:39:24 +0300340 parishes officially joined OCU, according to Ministry of CultureDirector of the Department for Religious Affairs of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine Andriy Yurash said this, according to Channel 5.Orthodox Church of Ukrainehttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc/74778/Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:06:26 +0300ROC in Ukraine waits for power change or 'Russian spring', according to historian Oleh TuriyDuring the last decades, many confrontations of the Ukrainian Orthodoxy with Russia arose. Director of the Institute of Church History of the Ukrainian Catholic University Oleh Turiy analyzes in an interview with Radio Liberty what the reason for the confrontation is and looks at the essence of Russian Orthodoxy.UOC (MP)